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General Hygiene
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great quantities of fallen leaves, if not removed immediately, decay,
and poison the atmosphere. Dwellings, if possible, should be built
on high ground. If a house is built where the water will settle around
it, remaining for a time and slowly drying away, there is a poisonous
miasma continually rising from the damp ground, which breeds sore
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throat, fevers, ague, or lung diseases.
Many expect that God will keep them from sickness merely be-
cause they ask him to do so. But the prayers of those who do not
regard the laws of life, God cannot answer, because their faith is not
made perfect by works. When we do all on our part to insure health,
then we may expect that good results will follow, and we can ask God
in faith to bless our efforts. And he will answer our prayer, if his name
can be glorified thereby. But let all understand that they have a work to
do. God will not work in a miraculous manner to preserve the health
of persons who are, by their careless inattention to the laws of health,
taking a sure course to make themselves sick.
The Lord has shown me that Sabbath-keepers as a rule labor too
hard, without allowing themselves change or periods of rest. Recre-
ation is needful to those who engage in physical labor, and is still more
essential for those whose work is principally mental. It is not essential
to our salvation nor for the glory of God to keep the mind laboring
constantly and excessively, even upon religious themes. There are
amusements, such as card-playing, dancing, theater-going, etc., which
we cannot approve, because Heaven condemns them. They open the
door to great evils. By their exciting tendency they produce in some
minds a passion for gambling and dissipation. All such amusements
should be condemned by Christians, and something perfectly harmless
should be substituted in their place. There are modes of recreation
which are highly beneficial to both mind and body. An enlightened,
discriminating mind will find abundant means for entertainment and
diversion from sources not only innocent, but instructive. Recreation
in the open air, and the contemplation of the works of God in nature,
will be of the highest benefit.
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